open() and EOFError

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:06 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> try:
>>      name = input("Enter file name, or Ctrl-D to exit")
>>      # On Windows, use Ctrl-Z [enter] instead.
>> except EOFError:
>>      sys.exit()
>> try:
>>      fp = open(name)
>> except IOError:
>>      handle_bad_file(name)
>> else:
>>      handle_good_file(fp)
>>
>
> All those extra lines to type, not on your life.  Surely it would be better
> written as a one liner?

In all seriousness, though, if you're worried about the number of
lines, it's not that big a deal to squish up the small try blocks.

try: name = input("Enter file name, or Ctrl-D to exit")
except EOFError: sys.exit()

try: fp = open(name)
except IOError: handle_bad_file(name)
else: handle_good_file(fp)

Might violate some style guides, but IMO it's not a problem.

ChrisA